BEST OF HACKER NEWS · 90 TALKS
This ranked list contains 90 Python, Ruby & scripting languages talks from a 115-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include Ruby Conf 12 - Y Not- Adventures in Functional Programming by Jim Weirich, What the heck is the event loop anyway? | Philip Roberts | JSConf EU, and How Python was Shaped by leaky Internals, Armin Ronacher, Flask framework. The broader topic archive has 848 labeled comments across 2009–2026, but this list only includes videos classified as talks. Each row shows its recorded recommendation count and a reason based on its tags and HN history. Use the recent-video archive to browse every format by latest HN mention instead.
Browse Python, Ruby & scripting languages by recent HN mention · How the top talks list is ranked
17 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Functional programming; the recorded mentions span 2013–2026.
16 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Web development; the recorded mentions span 2015–2025.
15 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Python, Ruby & scripting languages; the recorded mentions span 2017–2025.
15 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2015–2025.
12 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2011–2025.
12 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Testing, debugging & developer tools; the recorded mentions span 2013–2025.
11 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Web development; the recorded mentions span 2009–2020.
10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2014–2025.
10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2013–2022.
9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Python, Ruby & scripting languages; the recorded mentions span 2014–2022.
9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Python, Ruby & scripting languages; the recorded mentions span 2016–2025.
8 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Python, Ruby & scripting languages; the recorded mentions span 2012–2025.
8 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2014–2023.
7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2012–2023.
7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Compilers, interpreters & program analysis; the recorded mentions span 2019–2025.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Web development; the recorded mentions span 2017–2020.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Game programming & engines; the recorded mentions span 2023–2026.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Python, Ruby & scripting languages; the recorded mentions span 2020–2026.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Data science & statistics; the recorded mentions span 2018–2025.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Python, Ruby & scripting languages; the recorded mentions span 2024–2025.
5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Testing, debugging & developer tools; the recorded mentions span 2014–2018.
5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2017–2021.
5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Compilers, interpreters & program analysis; the recorded mentions span 2009–2025.
5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2012–2026.
5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Python, Ruby & scripting languages; the recorded mentions span 2016–2023.